X2: X-Men United (ENGLISH)

X2: X-Men United (John Ottman). John Ottman's interesting score was edited for the first time in 2003, whereas the 2 discs expanded version was released in 2012. Ottman composes a score that fits better with the superheroes' thematic of X-Men compared with the first part of the saga musicalized by Michael Kamen, especially for the use of a heroic main theme easily identifiable.

In few occasions, Alfred Newman's fanfare for the 20th Century Fox logo has been altered, and X-Men 2 is one of these movies. It is for it that the soundtrack includes the first track, Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare, including the retouch of Ottman's theme for the mutants. But the most spectacular detail of this soundtrack is the utilization of Mozart’s Requiem in the third track, Nightcrawler Attack, while the mutant Kurt Wagner makes his way across the White House to kill the president of the USA. The percussive themes, the epic choirs, the orchestral textures and the intimism melodies shape a rich and varied score, which, in turn, makes it entertaining enough.

The expanded score edited by La-La Land adds 53 more minutes of music than the standard edition and includes a booklet with general notes about the director, the composer and the saga, beside telling the story of the movie through a track-by-track analysis.